2017–18 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

Petrolul Ploiești
2017–18 season
President	Cristian Vlad
Coach	Romulus Ciobanu
Stadium	Stadionul Ilie Oană
Liga III	1st
Cupa României	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Sergiu Arnăutu (20); All: Sergiu Arnăutu (22)
Highest home attendance	10,000 vs SC Popeşti-Leordeni; (26 May 2018, Liga III)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Flacăra Moreni; (22 September 2017, Liga III)
Average home league attendance	4,136
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Petrolul Ploiești's 88th season in the Romanian football league system. Petrolul came first in the 2016–17 Liga IV.
During early 2017, it was reported that the Romanian subsidiary of French company Veolia would take over the club.^[1] On 16 June 2017, with financial support from the company, ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiești leased FC Petrolul brand from the Municipality of Ploiești for €30,000 and returned to the former name of FC Petrolul Ploiești,^[2] targeting a return to the first division in the 2019–20 season.^[3]

Players

First team squad

As of 10 March 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	ROU	Mirel Bolboașă
22	GK	ROU	Raul Avram
86	GK	ROU	Raul Botezan

3	DF	ROU	Jean Prunescu (3rd captain)
4	DF	ROU	Mihai Velisar
5	DF	ROU	Alexandru Ichim
6	DF	ROU	Paul Antoche
15	DF	ROU	Alberto Olaru
16	DF	ROU	Valentin Țicu
30	DF	ROU	Gabriel Frîncu

7	MF	ROU	Alexandru Ciocâlteu
8	MF	ROU	Tiberiu Nițescu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	ROU	Claudiu Tudor (vice-captain)
11	MF	ROU	Nini Popescu
18	MF	ROU	Cristian Andor
19	MF	ROU	Mario Bratu
20	MF	ROU	Răzvan Catană
29	MF	ROU	Tudor Şaim
33	MF	ROU	Marius Chindriș

14	FW	ROU	Georgian Păun (captain)
17	FW	ROU	Daniel Cârjan
26	FW	ROU	Cosmin Lambru
28	FW	ROU	Sergiu Arnăutu

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Coach	Romulus Ciobanu
Assistant coach	Ciprian Pura
Goalkeeping coach	Cătălin Grigore
Fitness coach	Marius Haită
Medic	Răduță Gheoca
Kinetotherapist	Dan Gheoca
Youth goalkeeping coach	Gheorghe Liliac

Pre-season and friendlies

1 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	6–1	Colțea Brașov	Brașov, Romania
17:00 UTC+2	Șaim Ciocâlteu Puchea Arnăutu Popescu Vintilă	Report	Lita	Stadium: Carpați

3 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	5–0	Steagu Roșu Brașov	Brașov, Romania
17:30 UTC+2	Tudor 34' (pen.) Antoche 37' Vintilă 49' Păun 63' Popescu 75'	Report		Stadium: Metrom Attendance: 100

4 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Brașov, Romania
11:30 UTC+2	Tudor 4' (pen.) Gheorghe 9' Ciocâlteu 77'	Report		Stadium: Metrom Attendance: 100

4 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Progresul Spartac București	Strejnic, Romania
18:00 UTC+2	Velisar 12' Arnăutu 37'	Report		Stadium: Conpet Attendance: 400 Referee: Laurențiu Piciu

12 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	2–2	Aninoasa	Aninoasa, Romania
11:00 UTC+2	Vintilă 84' 85'		Călinescu 7' Dinu 43'	Stadium: Comunal

18 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Râmnicu Sărat	Râmnicu Sărat, Romania
17:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Municipal

25 November 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Universitatea II Craiova	Ploiești, Romania
15:00 UTC+2	Velisar 13' Stănescu 61'	Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 600 Referee: Mihai Safta

2 December 2017	Petrolul Ploiești	3–0	CS Blejoi	Câmpina, Romania
11:00 UTC+2	Șaim 44' Păun 57' Catană 73'	Report		Stadium: Poiana Referee: Andrei Moroiţă (Ploiești)

20 January 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	12–1	Brașov	Ploiești, Romania
12:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană

28 January 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	2–1	Olimpic Cetate Râșnov	Cheile Grădiștei, Romania
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31 January 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	5–0	Brașov	Cheile Grădiștei, Romania
		Report

7 February 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	Unirea Slobozia	Buftea, Romania
		Report		Stadium: CNAF

10 February 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Argeș Pitești	Buftea, Romania
		Report		Stadium: CNAF

14 February 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Buftea, Romania
		Report		Stadium: CNAF

21 February 2018	Petrolul Ploiești	6–0	Progresul Spartac București	Ploiești, Romania
		Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană

Competitions

Overview

Liga III

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Ploiești	24	19	3	2	57	18	+39	60	Promotion to Liga II
2	FCM Alexandria	24	17	5	2	59	16	+43	56
3	Voința Turnu Măgurele	24	17	5	2	50	15	+35	56
4	Astra II Ploiești	24	12	6	6	33	18	+15	42

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRF

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L
Position	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

25 August 2017 1	Petrolul Ploiești	3–1	Viitorul Domneşti	Ploiești
20:00 UTC+3	Arnăutu 50' Ciocâlteu 75' Lambru 79'	Report	Andronache 23'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Alin Constantin Olaru (Olanu)

2 September 2017 2	Sporting Roșiori	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Roșiorii de Vede
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Arnăutu 8' (pen)	Stadium: Rova Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Adrian Comănescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)

7 September 2017 3	Petrolul Ploiești	4–0	Aninoasa	Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3	Arnăutu 16' (pen) Puchea 37' Prunescu 58' Lambru 90'	Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 2,306 Referee: Marius Naidin (Pitești)

15 September 2017 4	CS Tunari	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Buftea
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Arnăutu 45' (pen)	Stadium: CNAF Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

22 September 2017 5	Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	Flacăra Moreni	Ploiești
18:00 UTC+3	Velisar 78' Saim 86' Arnăutu 90+2'	Report	Plăcintă 33' Timofte 90+4'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Valentin Porumbel (Oltenița)

29 September 2017 6	Concordia II Chiajna	0–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Chiajna
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Arnăutu pen' (45) Gheorghe 85'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 300 Referee: Bogdan Ionuţ Anghelinei (Galați)

13 October 2017 7	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	FCM Alexandria	Ploiești
18:15 UTC+3	Prunescu 41'	Report	Căpățână 31'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș)

21 October 2017 8	Voința Turnu Măgurele	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Saelele
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Arnăutu 13'	Stadium: Comunal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cătălin Buși (Rm. Vâlcea)

27 October 2017 9	Petrolul Ploiești	4–2	Atletic Bradu	Ploiești
18:45 UTC+3	Arnăutu 1' 29' Ciocâlteu 18' Tudor pen' (23)	Report	Preda 24' Golban 83'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Cristian Moldoveanu (Sfântu Gheorghe)

3 November 2017 10	Mioveni II	0–3	Petrolul Ploiești	Mioveni
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Arnăutu 27' Popescu 55' 60'	Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 800 Referee: Ionuţ Constantinescu (Galați)

11 November 2017 11	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Astra II Ploiești	Ploiești
19:15 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Eduard Dumitrescu (Piteşti)

18 November 2017 12	SC Popeşti-Leordeni	1–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Popești-Leordeni
14:00 UTC+2	Anghelini 61'	Report	Antoche 15' Ciocâlteu 79'	Stadium: Inter Gaz Attendance: 400 Referee: Camelia Nicolae (Bucharest)

3 March 2018 13	Viitorul Domneşti	0–3	Petrolul Ploiești	Domnești
				Stadium: Stadionul Voinţa

11 March 2018 14	Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	Sporting Roșiori	Ploiești
14:00 UTC+2	Prunescu 50'			Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Szabolcs Kovács (Carei)

17 March 2018 15	Aninoasa	1–7	Petrolul Ploiești	Aninoasa
15:00 UTC+2	Codroiu 57'	Report	Velisar 2' Ciocâlteu 32' Arnăutu 36', 51', 71' (pen.) Lambru 75', 88'	Stadium: Comunal Attendance: 800 Referee: Bogdan Anghelinei (Galați)

30 March 2018 17	Flacăra Moreni	0–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Moreni
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Arnăutu 18' Păun 20'	Stadium: Stadionul Flacăra Referee: Dragoş Istrate (Bucharest)

3 April 2018 16	Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	CS Tunari	Ploiești
19:00 UTC+2	Păun 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dorin Burloiu (Galaţi)
Note: Round postponed from 24 March due to snowing conditions in Romania.

6 April 2018 18	Petrolul Ploiești	4–0	Concordia II Chiajna	Ploiești
16:00 UTC+2	Popescu 13' (41), pen' Ciocâlteu 53' Arnăutu 77'	Report		Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Adrian Sorin Costreie (Buftea)

20 April 2018 19	FCM Alexandria	1–4	Petrolul Ploiești	Alexandria
17:00 UTC+2	Ichim 69' (og)	Report	Arnăutu 18' (23), 40' Şaim 34'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Paul Unimatan (Zalău)

27 April 20	Petrolul Ploiești	1–3	Voința Turnu Măgurele	Ploiești
18:00 UTC+2	Păun 2'	Report	Fotescu 44' Antoche 53' (og) Niculae 90'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Teodor Grozea (Brăila)

4 May 2018 21	Atletic Bradu	1–4	Petrolul Ploiești	Bradu
18:00 UTC+2	Preda 38'	Report	Păun 22' (72) Arnăutu 36' Popescu 88'	Stadium: Stadionul Central Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lucian Ţiţii (Sibiu)

12 May 2018 22	Petrolul Ploiești	3–1	Mioveni II	Ploiești
14:00 UTC+2	Chindriș 40' Popescu 71' Velisar 82'	Report	Comănescu 21'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Andreea Ene (Bucharest)

18 May 2018 23	Astra II Ploiești	2–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești
18:00 UTC+2	Chipirliu 48' Gheorghe 89'	Report	Pahonțu 55' (og) Arnăutu 61'	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alin Gheorghe (Ploieşti)

26 May 2018 24	Petrolul Ploiești	0–2	SC Popeşti-Leordeni	Ploiești
19:30 UTC+2		Report	Anghilini 22' Luca 74'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Dan Gornic (Arad)

Cupa Romaniei

9 August 2017 Round 1	FC Regal Sport	1–8	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
17:30 UTC+3	Blănuță 34'	Report	Lambru 7' 51' Arnăutu 33' 78' Puchea 45' Gheorghe 57' Păun 86' Ciocâlteu 90'	Stadium: Coresi Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Robert Avram (Piteşti)

22 August 2017 Round 2	Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Urban Titu	Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3	Lambru 61' Popescu 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Berceni)

12 September 2017 Round 3	Petrolul Ploiești	3–0	Flacăra Moreni	Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3	Ciocâlteu 43' 69' (pen) 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vlad Băban (Iași)

3 October 2017 Round 4	Agricola Borcea	1–4	Petrolul Ploiești	Borcea
14:30 UTC+3	Şerban 64'	Report	Şaim 17' Ciocâlteu 26' Popescu 30' Stănescu 81'	Stadium: Comunal Referee: Cristian Georgescu (Bucharest)

24 October 2017 Round of 32	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Mioveni	Ploiești
18:00 UTC+3	Vintilă 90'	Report	Năstăsie 36'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)
	Penalties
	Tudor Ciocâlteu Popescu Stănescu Velisar		Năstăsie Gugu Negoiță Stoica Neacșu

Notes and references

^ "BOMBĂ în fotbalul românesc! Un grup francez lider mondial preia o echipă cu 4 titluri! Obiectiv clar: bătaia cu granzii în Liga 1" [INCREDIBLE NEWS in Romanian football! A French transnational company takesover a team with 4 national titles!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "După UTA şi FC Argeş, fotbalul românesc "recâştigă" şi Petrolul! ACS Petrolul 52 devine Petrolul cu 4 titluri şi 3 cupe după ce a câştigat licitaţia achiziţionării celor 6 mărci" [After UTA and FC Argeş, Romanian football "regains" Petrolul as well! ACS Petrolul 52 becomes Petroull with 4 national titles and 3 cups after winning the auction of the 6 brands] (in Romanian). ProSport. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Ce uneşte şi ce desparte Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj şi Farul după ce au promovat în Liga 3. Buget, principii şi obiective similare pe termen scurt, strategii şi ţinte diferite pe termen lung" [What unites and separates Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj and Farul after they have promoted in League 3. Budget, similar short-term principles and objectives, different long-term strategies and targets] (in Romanian). ProSport. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[1] "BOMBĂ în fotbalul românesc! Un grup francez lider mondial preia o echipă cu 4 titluri! Obiectiv clar: bătaia cu granzii în Liga 1" [INCREDIBLE NEWS in Romanian football! A French transnational company takesover a team with 4 national titles!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[2] "După UTA şi FC Argeş, fotbalul românesc "recâştigă" şi Petrolul! ACS Petrolul 52 devine Petrolul cu 4 titluri şi 3 cupe după ce a câştigat licitaţia achiziţionării celor 6 mărci" [After UTA and FC Argeş, Romanian football "regains" Petrolul as well! ACS Petrolul 52 becomes Petroull with 4 national titles and 3 cups after winning the auction of the 6 brands] (in Romanian). ProSport. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[3] "Ce uneşte şi ce desparte Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj şi Farul după ce au promovat în Liga 3. Buget, principii şi obiective similare pe termen scurt, strategii şi ţinte diferite pe termen lung" [What unites and separates Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj and Farul after they have promoted in League 3. Budget, similar short-term principles and objectives, different long-term strategies and targets] (in Romanian). ProSport. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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